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Last Updated: 12/16/2009

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City: ANCHORAGE
State: Alaska
Country: US
Signup Date: 2/18/2006

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December 15, 2009 - Tuesday 
From the crisp fall air of Colorado, to the cold clean air of winter in Alaska; November brought us back to our home state.  First stop: Kodiak, Alaska, where the crab fisherman claim to be hardier then those from “The Deadliest Catch”, which I have no doubt they are.  We were submerged into a small drinking town with a fishing problem. Funny enough, there are no rental cars available in Kodiak that have 4 wheel drive and/or studs.  I had a blast trying to drive around during a crazy storm in that 12 passenger…. Two shows, two nights of hell raising fun; people were kicking up their feet, getting loose…Odessa’s mother spent two summers in Kodiak back in the 70s, so Odessa got to meet some of her mother’s long lost friends.  Angela and I had a beer at one of my favorite breweries in Alaska: Kodiak Brewery.  And the boys,,,, oh the boys,,, what didn’t they get in to?....

Monday night brought a beautiful dinner and pickin’ party with our friends, Crooked Still, who happen to also be in Alaska at the same time we were. We had to have them over, just to feed them our own caught salmon, shrimp, and halibut, an assortment of Alaska brews: Kodiak Brew, Homer Brew, Moose’s Tooth Brew, and Glacier Brew, and of course, two of Sigrid Brudie’s famous Alaskan blueberry pies!....

Back up to Anchorage for a couple days of practice on new material.  On Wednesday my brother and I braved the storm coming from the south and headed down to Seward for the night.  Woke up the next morning to Angela’s almost-hysterical voice on the answering machine, “Mike’s in the hospital, we can’t play Homer tonight!” So, I knock on my brother’s room, and sweetly ask, “Do you want to play with us tonight?” (Peter’s an amazing guitar player!).  And you know what he said?! Only a little brother would say this…. “Only if you make me a delicious breakfast.”  And delicious breakfast I did make!  We listened to Door and Windows all the way to Homer, and he picked up a couple more tunes when we got there… If I do say so myself, he did a pretty amazing job, and he only had 5 hours notice!  After the show, we went to my other favorite brewery in Alaska: Homer Brewery,,, had a little night cap with the folks over there: the owners, Karen and Steve, my Uncle Brad, and some other Homer locals…. An early call to Mike the next morning decided that he was still pretty sick, but well enough to play the Anchorage gig that night, so we said goodbye to Peter and Homer, and headed back to town.....

Anchorage, Talkeetna, and Fairbanks went by in a blur…. Sold out show in Anchorage and Talkeetna, and nearly sold out in Fairbanks!  Lots of hugs and talking to old friends… Had a wonderful after-show dinner at the Moose’s Tooth after the Anchorage show with some good friends.  Had to get up the next morning and drive to Talkeetna.  We haven’t played there in a couple years, and it was great to see what they have done with the Sheldon Center!  It is so beautiful!  Fairbanks brought -20 degrees Fahrenheit… Odessa was not happy about that…. Big thanks to Steve Baker and the Bailers for opening!  And also to all the volunteers!  A short night of sleep and we were driving back to Anchorage from our last gig of 2009.

Be safe out there,
Kate


11:56 PM 
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November 3, 2009 - Tuesday 
Colorado!!! We are headed your way. So psyched! Can't wait to breath in the beautiful mountain air.

I'm in Nashville at the moment, contemplating going to see the Time Jumpers tonight at the Station Inn. If any of you out there ever find yourselves in Nashville randomly on a Monday night, GO SEE THE TIME JUMPERS. It will change your life. Your heart will melt out of your chest, and your ears will never be the same. In a good way.

Anyways, California was amazing. As Angela mentioned, we were about to play the new Freight and Salvage in Berkley. Well, let me tell you, it is really a wonderful place. The staff made home made brownies for everyone! I love the new feel of the place. Way cool. Lots of our Strawberry fans came out to the show. Thank you!!! Our very snazzy-suited and talented friends 49 Special kicked off the night for us in style. We enjoyed playing for you all immensely. That night after the show, we stayed up until the wee hours of the morn playing tunes with old friends and new. Mike and I actually never went to bed. We drove straight to the airport from the pickin party to fly home.

It's been a mellow week off for me in Nashville. In true Bearfoot style, we have all been scattered in different parts of the states, doing different things. Kate took a road trip from San Fran to New Orleans to attend the Black Pot Festival. Mike has been in AK. Angela spent some time at her cabin in CO. And Jason stayed behind in Cali to play a gigs and roam the coast. I think we are all itching to get back on the road though.We have several new tunes to play for you. New merchandise. New posters too, hand drawn by yours truly. And coming soon very hip, super comfy hoodies for the cold months ahead.

Looking forward to this run very much.
Live life to the fullest!
See you soon.

Odessa,
and the Band
8:57 PM 
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October 25, 2009 - Sunday 
Hi Everyone!
We just put up some awesome new t-shirts into our Music Store page, as well as some cool new videos of us playing with Alison Brown on the Videos page... Also check out our blogs from the road.


Peace,
Bearfoot
9:07 PM 
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October 20, 2009 - Tuesday 
 Oh, how I love the North East. I actually enjoyed the rain while I was there. Changing it up a bit from sunny California. Solas was so fun! We finally got a chance to hang out with them after playing at The Southern in Charlottesville, VA. Moira the sound woman was especially a riot. Nothing like singing three parts at three in the morning! Shakori Hills festival in Silk Hope, NC was also a highlight. Those folks really know how to have a good time. Kate threw our new CD out into the audience from the stage and had people fighting for it. What a sight. We also got to play at a brand new venue in Harrisburg, PA called the Stage on Herr. Very cool place, and sweet owner/promoters. They treated us to the best dinner we've had in ages. We all sat down to order and we were told to pick anything we wanted. We were all looking at the menu like, "really...anything." Then when the waitress delivered our food, we realized we had all ordered red meat. Get it while the gettings good, I guess. All in all, it was a pretty good trip. Odessa is on her way to making millions with her hand drawn book marks. And for the rest of the tour we have upgraded by adding some hand drawn posters as well. Soon there will be winter sweaters and hoodys! We're merchandising! Yay. Hope to see everyone at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA on Sunday Oct. 25 at 8pm. I'm really looking forward to that show. Our good friends from 49 Speical will be opening for us. You know we love all you gorgeous fans out there. Love, Angela
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October 10, 2009 - Saturday 
We played at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC last night with Solas,and the Duhks. Incredibly fun show! The place was alive! Peoples' feet couldn't help from flying off the floor for Solas's beautiful bow-shredding set, which was followed by a spectacular, totally stunning performance by the the Duhks. We loved playing for you Asheville!
I feel very inspired to play this upcoming tour!
  
We are at the moment driving to Shikori Hills Grass Roots Festival in NC. Early tommorrow morning we drive to Annapolis, Maryland to open again for for Solas!

Hope to see you all soon.
      
Odessa,
and the Band 
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September 21, 2009 - Monday 

Hey everyone out there in cyberspace!

Since Strawberry Bearfoot has been jet-settin’ around the country.  After a day’s rest in San Francisco we flew to Minneapolis-St. Paul and got that beautiful part of the country  for the first time and played a 20-minute showcase for the Arts Midwest presenter’s conference.  Excellent coffee in that town!  The next day we had to board a morning flight to L.A. to get to our intimate little Boulevard Music gig in Culver City and enjoy a relaxing overnight stay with a very sweet couple we met there (thanks Ron and Gale!)  Mike got  an early morning of surfing, Odessa made the morning Bikram Yoga session at the Mr. Bikram’s studio, and then we drove several hours north for a gig in Arroyo Grande.

            With sunny beaches on our minds and new sports cars at every corner, we continued on down to Laguna Beach. We enjoyed the water, waves, and 75 degree weather for a few hours before playing at a beautiful golf resort much to the delight of the nearly sold-out crowd of locals and visiting golfers (see the pictures of us posted on the website and our myspace page.)  After enjoying the resort’s hospitality for the night, we cruised out to the airport and flew to Nashville for our AMA showcase at the Station Inn.  While in Nashville we all got to jam with many of our local friends there from various bands, play on WSM’s morning show, and showcase at our label (Compass’s) open house.  Our stay in Nashville definitely made me excited about moving there in a couple weeks!!

            Now we are all in the car driving to Washington, NC. for a show tonight. Tomorrow we’re heading on to Chapel Hill where our booking agent lives and has organized a gig herself for us.  On Sunday we will be heading to the state line of Tennessee and Virginia to play at Bristol Rhythm and Roots.   Bearfoot has wanted to play there for years and will finally get to!  Yeeeehaaaaa! 

            That’s it for now everybody, but we will be posting again very soon, and we hope to see you soon at our upcoming shows!!

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Cheers!

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Jason....

1:21 AM 
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September 7, 2009 - Monday 

It’s a beautiful day, and I’m driving back from a wonderful weekend at Strawberry.  Actually, Chase is driving, and buying the new Patton Oswalt album on his Iphone, which I think is illegal in California, but oh well… Shhhhh….

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The topic of this blog: Festie Feet.  For those of you who don’t know, Festie Feet are very dirty feet, but it’s really a great thing because it shows how much fun you had during the weekend: dancing, taking your shoes off to chill and watch bands, wandering around the festival looking for jams, etc.  The dirtier, the better.  So anyways, I am lounging in the car, feet on the dash, looking at my Festie Feet, and reminiscing about the awesome weekend I just had…..

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Started on Thursday flying into SFO.  Chase and I had been up in Alaska for a couple weeks, and had gone fishing with my dad…. Caught lots of black rockfish, ling cod, and shrimp, and brought some back to SF with us.  Jason happened to arrive into SFO at the same time as us, so our roommate Nick picked all of us up, and we headed home for fresh rockfish tacos, shrimp, and some two-buck Chuck.  Next day, we woke, stuffed Jason in the back of our two seater pickup and headed East…. Well, actually North because the Bay Bridge is closed this weekend, but then East to…. In and Out Burger!!!  Yes, we stopped and got three delicious cheeseburgers, Animal Style. For those of you who haven’t had Animal Style, it’s a must have. For those of you who haven’t had In and Out Burger, shame on you!  Continuing on, we came upon the festival during the Bellville Outfit’s set, which was awesome! 

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Two more days of festival ensued: saw many of our friends from San Fran and elsewhere, great food, great picking,,,,,The Time Jumpers, Del….I love Del….

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And then, our set!  We had Joe Craven come up to play with us on In the Kitchen, Time is No Medicine, and a new tune called Dance with Me…. He is so great! And then a new first: we had Larry Ataminuik come up and play drums with us for a couple tunes, as well as Alison Brown on Before I Go…. Big thanks sent out to Joe, Alison, and Larry for playing with us! What a blast!  And also our sound guy for the day, Erick Jaskowiak!

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And so here I am, looking at my Festie Feet and thinking about the weekend… what fun we had!  Sad to leave….

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Thanks to everyone that came out and enjoyed such a wonderful weekend with us! Strawberry rocks!!!

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Peace,

Kate + Bearfoot

10:43 PM 
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August 31, 2009 - Monday 
 We are very excited to say that we finally jumped on the wagon and got ourselves a Twitter account!!  Come be our friend! 

http://twitter.com/BearfootBand

Love,
Bearfoot
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August 26, 2009 - Wednesday 
Doors and Windows stayed at #13 this week on the Billboard Charts!
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August 18, 2009 - Tuesday 
Hi Everyone!
After nine wonderful days home, we are gearing up to head down to the Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival in Wyoming!  I'm not sure what everyone has been doing in their down time, but I have been picking Alaska Blueberries... In fact, I'm headed out right now to go pick some more! (It's been too rainy and windy to go fishing) Hope to see some of you at Grand Targhee!!

Kate + Bearfoot
7:01 PM 
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